Physical Performance Measures for Manual Wheelchair Users

Status

Completed

Phases

Phase 2

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00011544

Enrollment

120

Registered

2001-02-26

Start date

1998-01-31

Completion date

2000-12-31

Last updated

2009-01-21

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Conditions

Spinal Cord Injury

Keywords

wheelchair, biomechanics, aging, functional outcome, disability

Brief summary

The project is intended to modify the Functional Independence Measure (FIM) for manual wheelchair users. It will determine if the new measure is a better measure of community independence for manual wheelchair users than the FIM. During the Phase 1 of the study it will then use this new measure to determine whether a home exercise program increases functional independence in wheelchair users. In Phases II and III of the study 120 manual wheelchair users will participate to test and validate the new measure and to test the effectiveness of therapeutic exercise. Subjects will range in age from 20 to 79 yrs. and have a variety of disabilities.

Interventions

PROCEDUREPerformance Measure

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

20 Years to 79 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

Wheelchair users

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026